HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND EMERGENCYMEDICAL SERVICES
- (a) A physician assistant may be employed by a health care facility but shall comply with the requirements of the act and this subchapter.
- (b) {Reserved}.
- (c) Physician assistants are permitted to provide medical services to the patients of their supervising physicians if the health care facility permits it.
- (d) Physician assistants granted privileges by, or practicing in, a health care facility shall conform to policies and requirements delineated by the facility.
- (e) In health care facilities, the attending physician of record for a patient shall act as the primary supervising physician for the physician assistant while the patient is under the care of the attending physician.
Authority
The provisions of this § 18.161 amended under sections 8, 13 and 36 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. § § 422.8, 422.13 and 422.36); and sections 502 and 503 of the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 (35 P.S. § § 450.502 and 450.503).
Source
The provisions of this § 18.161 amended August 13, 1993, effective August 14, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 3780; amended November 17, 2006, effective November 18, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 7009; amended July 3, 2025, effective July 5, 2025, 55 Pa.B. 4534. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (323432) and (363465).